Light steel blue

#aaa9e2

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light steel blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Light steel blue, a soft blue at 241 degrees. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light steel blue color values

Every conversion for #aaa9e2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaa9e2

RGB170, 169, 226

HSL241, 50%, 77%

HSV241, 25%, 89%

CMYK25%, 25%, 0%, 11%

Lab71.15, 12.56, -28.53

XYZ44.49, 42.41, 77.79

Decimal11184610

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light steel blue

#8f8ed9 #7472d0 #5957c6 #413fba #38369f #2e2c84 #252369 #1b1a4d #111132 #080817

Tints of light steel blue

#b1b0e4 #b8b8e7 #c0bfe9 #c7c6ec #cecdee #d5d5f1 #dcdcf3 #e3e3f6 #ebeaf8 #f2f2fa

Colors that go with light steel blue

Complementary#e1e2a9 Analogous#a9c5e2 Analogous#c6a9e2 Triadic#e2aaa9 Triadic#a9e2aa Split complementary#e2c6a9 Split complementary#c5e2a9

Light steel blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 25, 25, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aaa9e2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 25 0 11

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 27 4 17

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light steel blue in css

Copy #aaa9e2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aaa9e2; }
.text { color: #aaa9e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aaa9e2; }

How light steel blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light steel blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #aaa9e2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aaa9e2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #aaa9e2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light steel blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #aaa9e2 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light steel blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #aaa9e2 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.